Where There’s Smoke...

Heroes of Port Dale, Book 7

By: Romeo Alexander

Narrated by: Keith Smith

Matt: I’m proud to be a Port Dale firefighter, but it isn’t all excitement and sitting around eating homemade meals. It’s also dealing with your work “family” in ways you never expected.

I love my real family, and I love my work “family”. Well, most of them. My “brothers” at the fire station are exactly what I need at work, but I wasn’t expecting to be asked out by my homophobic brother’s actual brother. I also wasn’t expecting how well it would work out or where it would lead us. I certainly didn’t expect we’d get caught.

Ethan: Tossed out by the Corps on medical grounds, I have no idea what to expect from civilian life. I’ve got my brother Keith, who’s been everything - brother, friend, parent. Yet, when I stumble across his fellow firefighter Matt, I find myself in a whole new world.

Matt is sweet, kind, and forgiving, everything my brother is not, especially when it comes to being gay. Matt is hot. He’s everything I need, and I know I can’t hide my true self forever.

For Matt and Ethan, there’s fiery instant attraction, but can they get over family hurdles? When gay-hating Keith catches them kissing at work, sparks fly! Can the fire between them be rekindled? Or is it dead forever?

©2021 Romeo Alexander (P)2021 Books Unite People, LLC

Adorable story

The story flowed effortlessly. I can always get over the Midwestern/Canadian pronunciation of "sorry," but the one minor annoyance was the pronunciation of "cacophony."

... There's Fire!

Firefighter meets Former Marine who also happens to be his Homophobic co-workers not so little brother!

HOT!

Have you ever had that one co-worker who you try to avoid? What if that co-worker has a hot as hell brother who's in the closet?
This is a story that is full of emotions and pulls your heart in all directions. This is one book you don't want to miss!

Complicated family relations 🤗

Sweet & hot firefighter, really good-natured but would snap under the pressure of caring for his injured father and the attack of a homophobic coworker who is also the brother of his boyfriend, sexy ex-marine, brave but still hiding his orientation from said brother who raised him... complicated, but really good! 😉

When Ethan meets Matt

Plot: Firemen, former Marine, coming out of the closet, slice-of-life
Feels: Heart-warming and heart-breaking
Drama: Ethan's brother, Keith’s homophobia; Matt’s father’s mental health
Heat: 3/5
Characters: I love Romeo Alexander’s embarrassingly supportive fathers and Matt’s father definitely is adorably supportive, Ethan cowers a bit too much under his homophobic brother
Pacing: The story meanders a bit in the middle, but overall good flow
Length: Ok
Ending: HEA
Performance: Conversational tone and narration, I liked Ethan’s voice [and Theo’s], but feel Matt’s was too affected